Commander Tom

{{Short description|German DJ and record producer (1962–2022)}} {{About|the German DJ|the host of children's TV show, Commander Tom Show|Tom Jolls}} {{sources|date=June 2022}} '''Tom Weyer''' (29 August 1962 – 9 June 2022),<ref>[https://ucm.one/de/ucm-one-und-noom-records-trauern-um-thomas-weyer-aka-commander-tom/ UCM.ONE und Noom Records trauern um Thomas Weyer aka Commander Tom] {{in lang|de}}</ref> better known by his stage name '''Commander Tom''', was a German DJ and record producer.

==Career== He began working as a DJ at the "Drops SuperDisco" in Kehl, Baden-Württemberg, in the 1980s, and also worked as a DJ at the "Rheinpark" discothèque in Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, in the 1990s.

In 2004, his single "Attention!", sampled from the Tom Novy vs. Eniac 1997 song "Superstar", hit #1 on the German dance music charts. It peaked at #23 in the UK Singles Chart in February 2005.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 116}}</ref> A further single, "I Can't Sleep!", was released in 2006.

Commander Tom died on 9 June 2022, at the age of 59.<ref>{{cite news |title=90er Jahre-Rave-Ikone Commander Tom ist gestorben |url=https://www.fazemag.de/90er-jahre-rave-ikone-commander-tom-ist-gestorben/ |access-date=13 June 2022 |publisher=Faze Mag |date=12 June 2022 |lang=de}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{discogs artist|Commander Tom}}

{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Commander Tom}} Category:1962 births Category:2022 deaths Category:German house musicians Category:German trance musicians